TO A. A. TROYANOVSKY

Published:First published in 1930 inLenin Miscellany XIII.

      Sent from Poronin to Vienna.

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      Progress Publishers,1971,

      Moscow,Volume 36,

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May 20, 1914

DearAlexander Antonovich,

Yourdraft constitution is being
discussed.[2]It’s a long
business: a discussion with Russia and with the Central
Committee.

Thediscussion article has nothing to do with the
constitution. Send it over as soon as possible. The end of the
article on self-determination should appear in May, and
has already been sent
off.[3]

Yours,N. Lenin[1]

P.S.It would be a good thing if you sent us Pokrovsky’s
letters to read. Your proposal to have an exchange of
letters with him, so as to get him out of the indecentBorba,
is very interesting.

[1]Theletter also bears the signature of G. Y. Zinoviev.—Ed.

[2]OnMay 12, 1914, A. A. Troyanovsky wrote Lenin a letter
suggesting improvements in the work of the editorial board of themagazineProsveshcheniyeand enclosing a draft “constitution” to
organise the work.

Troyanovsky’sarticle on the national question did not appear
inProsveshcheniye.

[3]TheRight of Nations to Self-Determinationappeared in the
magazineProsveshcheniyeNos. 4, 5 and 6, for April, May and June
1914, under the signature V. Ilyin (see present edition, Vol. 20,
pp. 393–454).